Water-closet structure.



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APPLICATION FILED 1mm. 1914.

' Patented an. 23,1917.

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D. A. & D. H. EBINGER.

WATER CLOSET STRUCTURE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1914.

Patented Jan. 23,1917

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

DAVID A. EBINGER AND DAVID I-I. EBINGER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WATER-CLOSET STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID A. EBINGER and DAVID H. EBINGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closet Structures, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention pertains to water closet structures and aims particularly to provide a type of structure and arrangement to comply with all sanitary requirements and also a structure that may be readily manufactured and easily .set in position.

Our invention especially aims to provide a novel type of mountin for the bowl structure. In practically a 1 cases where 'the floor and side wall join, the angle of meeting is not of a true 90 degrees, or either one or both may be slightly warped or otherwise distended and it is necessarily a somewhat diificult task to properly place a bowl if such bowl is adapted to rest on the floor and also abut the wall. Further, this type of mountin always produces a filth about the floor an presents lines of connections which are not readily cleaned. We, therefore, provide a structure for directly mounting the bowl from the side wall and somewhat spaced from the floor level.- We are aware that this idea is not broadly new, as structures have been provided heretofore which rely essentially upon a small portion of the orcelain ware to sustain the entire load.

owever, this method of mounting fre-- quently causes a breaking away of the porcelain and we have, therefore, rovided a bracket entirely independent 0 the bowl structure and adapted to be securely fastened to the side wall, this bracket carrying. outwardly projecting formations to engage the outer periphery of the bowl to effect 'a support. In its preferred form, these outwardly extendingprojections are all formed in one to practically envelop the entire lower portion of the bowl following its contour as much as is desired, and engaging the flush rim to form the supporting surface.

In the use of a structure such as this, we may provide a se arate partition member somewhat spaced om the wall and to this partition member we directly attach my supporting bracket. The bowl itself is rovided with water inlet and outlet openings and also a vent opening, preferably beneath the water inlet opening, the various vent and water pipe connections being placed be-.

tween the rear wall and the partition. Also,

by mounting the bowl in somewhatspaced relation with the floor, the soil pipe may be mounted directly upon the floor and thus avoid tearing up of the floor or the carrying gfl the pipe upon the ceiling of the floor e ow.

Other objects of our invention become more apparent after a further detailed description of the accompanying drawings,'in'

which similar characters of reference desigwhich our invention is applicable.

In the drawings, we have shown a porcelain'bowl structure at 1,. this bowl being provided with a water outlet 2 and being formed adjacent its upper edge as at 3 with a horn accommodating a water inlet opening 4 which is in communication with the flush rim 5 and also a vent opening shown at 6, which vent opening is in communication with the interior of the bowl. I Attention is directed to the fact that the water inlet opening is' slightly above the "vent opening, this arrangement being exactly the mverse of the construction now in use. Reference particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 will show that the flush rim 5 is provided with an external overhanging lip 7 which projects downwardly a slight distance to form a groove 8. This grooveand lip structure preferably continues about the bowl structure and is adapted to form a seat for the outwardly projecting portion 9 of the supporting bracketlO. It will be noted that the outwardly projecting portion is of-pocket form velop, but it is desirable in as much as the peculiarly formed exterlor of the porcelain bowl itself is somewhat hard to kee 'clean. It will be noted that the bracket itself is attached to either the side wall or a partition directly by means of the bolts. 11 and in this manner the entire weight is sustained by the bracket. In the drawings, we have shown a partition member, this partition member being designated by the numeral 12 and being provided with an aperture 13-to receive the inwardly projecting portions of the porcelain bowl, the upper edge of the horn 3 being provided with a flange 14 which may be used in the well known manner to form a close joint. To further insure against the accidental or malicious removal of the bowl from its applied position, we have provided the bolts 15 which are securely fastened to the porcelain member and also to the supporting bracket as is shown at 16. We preferably continue the seat supporting posts through the porcelain member and into the bracket as is shown, but this latter construction is not absolutely necessary. a

By the use of the partition member 12, a supplemental room is formed between such partition and the side wall of the room or, where two batteries are used back to back, between the two partitions 12. This room is used to advantage in a number of ways and essentially provides a space for mounting the flush tank 17 and the vent fitting 18. It willbe noted that the flush tank is connected to the bowl structure through the pipe 19 and the vent fitting by means of a pipe 20, these pipes not interfering with each other in any way. It is an advantage to form the bowl with the water opening above the vent opening, for the reason that specially constructed fittings need not be provided to prevent the interfering of the two pipe connections as is shown clearly in the drawings, where it must be apparent that were the water opening below the vent opening, the water pipe would have to be so formed as to fit the vent pipe in its upward passage. Fig. 3 also shows that the soil pipe 21 may be mounted directly upon the floor for the reason that the water outlet 2 is at some elevation.

Where structures of this type are used in public buildings, and school houses, there are frequently times when they are not in use for some considerable length of time and are apt to freeze during the winter season. Therefore, the provision of the partition 12 provides an additional room and this room may be kept heated in any desirable manner to avoid freezing, such as a gas jet shown at 22.

From the above description, it must be apparent that we have provided an improved type of structure and further that the manner in which the bracket is mounted and used, avoids breaking of the porcelain bowl and permits its support in spaced relation with the floor.

What we claim is: I

A water closet structure comprising a bowl formed with a peripheral flush rim, a bracket formed independently of said bowl and arranged to be directly attached to the room wall above the floor level, said bracket being formed with a forwardly extending portion upon which the flush rim of said bowl is arranged to rest, and seat post bolts extending vertically through said bowl and rigidly engaging said bracket to securely hold said bowl in position.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. EBINGER. DAVID II. EBINGER. Witnesses:

WALTER E. L. Boon, A. L. PHELPS. 

